as far as i can tell, Australia is viewed very positively by Americans - the same spirit of rugged individualism I think exists in both countries

we love aussie accents, lore, and baby joey's

we love Australia here

as far as I can tell anyway

Thank you thank you thank You,
That is what i wanted to know, i cn understand that easily as it is exactly as we are.

I love australia, but i loved a
America as well,
Hmmm I Love an American,
I would be back their in a sec if i didnt have work and family here.

The problem is this...

America is as vast and diverse as any place else on Earth...maybe even more so.

We got cool and laid back people...we also invented the atomic bomb.

Land of the free....yep. Just maybe not your concept of freedom. We are free to be mouthy, thieving, drug dealing douche bags. Then again, We are also the Home of the free that would take the meal from our table to feed a hungry stranger. We are capable of uncommon goodness...just like we are capable of blowing your brains against a wall.

I am from the heart of the Land of the Free. We have more guns than people....and THAT makes for a very diplomatic society.

land of the free??? I got pulled over by two motorcycle cops for crossing the street and had to do community service forever. . .

Socialism hmmmm

Sux to be Hot!!

Think what you want....I would have pulled you over just to get your name and phone number

i really like the sparkle in your eye. . . nice

everything you described about your country happens here as well. Everything you described about America happens in your country as well.

Maybe it was where you visited. Every country has their good and bad, but that doesn't mean it's the same all over.

There is crime in every country where people have to be careful and there are places where people never lock their doors.

We have many opportunities here. We are going through a recession just like many countries are, so that might limit some things.

The only literal way a country can be truly free is if there are no laws and everyone can do as they please.

You are free to practice whatever religion you wish (within the law...meaning no human sacrifices, etc) You are free to to voice opinions and hold peaceful protests, You are free to vote....and so on and so on. But there are laws established. You are free to even break these laws (just don't be surprised if you get in trouble)

The Land of the Free means different things to different people.

Well i think by LAND OF THE FREE means that USA has so much power around the world that they feel free in 1 sense cause A lot of Country's know the strength they have ,,, and i guess they would use such power to save each other in wars fighting not just in their Country but around the world what they call freedom ,....... but i can see the point you are making jo Australia is different raised up different kind of like Canada here in Canada is known as a peace full Country and everyone says hi to each other you can walk to downtown in most areas no trouble but i known in the states a lot carry guns known for violence and WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of poor people in the U.S. is millions higher than previously known, with 1 in 6 Americans— many of them 65 and older — struggling in poverty due to rising medical care and other costs, according to preliminary census figures released Wednesday.

At the same time, government aid programs such as tax credits and food stamps kept many people out of poverty, helping to ensure the poverty rate did not balloon even higher during the recession in 2009, President Barack Obama's first year in office.

Under a new revised census formula, overall poverty in 2009 stood at 15.7%, or 47.8 million people. That's compared to the official 2009 rate of 14.3%, or 43.6 million, that was reported by the Census Bureau last September.

Across all demographic groups, Americans 65 and older sustained the largest increases in poverty under the revised formula — nearly doubling to 16.1%. As a whole, working-age adults 18-64 also saw increases in poverty, as well as whites and Hispanics. Children, blacks and unmarried couples were less likely to be considered poor under the new measure.............but i saw a show how people work all their lifes in USA and get when a health prob comes they take everything from people so sad cost there is crazy on health in Canada health is covered if a Canadian here we don't pay for it:) just regular taxes on food covers it , 1 friend went on a trip to usa and fell broke a leg they took xrays there fixed it over 10,000 dollars in Canada its free to fix so sad ,cheers

Using this poverty measurement, 37 million people, or 13 percent of the population, currently live below the poverty line. If a more realistic formula for counting the poor were used, without the flaws of the current poverty threshold, the number of poor would rise to at least 50 million.

These figures put the United States in the dishonorable position of having the highest poverty rates in the industrialized world............so if you wonder why theres so much un happy people and lots of crime cause its 1 of the poorest Country's in the world by racial of people, they need to start helping the poor in their country first In the USA, an estimated 15 million children -- one in four -- live in poverty
... they keep making more and more weapons and not help the poor sad but true :) oh well thats life till someone can take control and it starts with everyone not 1 person ,love and kindness help each other but most of that is all gone now there in some areas its so sad .

Born Free,

Taxed to death!


Land of the free,

Home of the depraved.


Apathy, arrogance, and self interest all in one.

And if you seen HBO's Rome, Americans are getting arrogant like the Roman Senate pre-Empire days. Oh how they got so indignant over Gauls, Celts, and Germaine being represented in the senate. Also as long as they were fed what did it matter that the plebs were starving? America suffers the same arrogant mismanagement too!

America will be a lesson of taking history very seriously so we don't repeat it! We ARE repeating history!

I am proud to be an American but it is our leadership that is the embarrassment!

America, land of the free:

Free to rape and pillage the crap out of her citizens as long as you have money!

Just to say that America is the land of our ancestors. Some came on their own free will and others were forced to come here. Rape me and kill me with taxes. If our ancestors were here to see this, they would probably just be sick. Some countries have shackles on what their citizens can say and even write.


As long as you have money(to quote someone), then you will be free.

Yeah, Lets be like China! College students protest, roll tanks over them! Mexico is a problem we take them over and pretend like we did nothing wrong! Just like what happened to poor Tibet! We can then pollute like cray since we would not have to care any more! Oh yeah, China is the role model of the new millennium!

Ach Tung, Seig heil! Oh, that isn't Chinese!

What I like about this country, is the vast potential for opportunity. If you are willing to apply yourself, you can earn most any thing. Sure...not everyone is willing to really put in the suffering for what they want....same as everywhere else. Some people have odds stacked against them....through no fault of thier own...I.E.: a beaver bites off a leg or you get put in a wheel chair by a meteor. (we really don't have too much racism here, so that card don't play where I live.) Cool or uncool is an individual thing out here. Fortunately....we got a lot of cool ones.

Hehehehe My eyes were closed but I liked the pic...so I did like it says in the Bible...."Cheat to win". So, I put in the sparkleys so you wouldn't have to look at some dumbas who had his eyes closed during a picture.

well you sure summed it up!! and i feel the same way. it is refreshing to hear you speak thanks!! honestly i bite my tongue about it all.. but sometimes i will let loose.. and people from other places that have this fairy tale of life here dont seem to understand... i say cheers to you josie and i would of said hello to you.. and reached out to learn a bit about your country.. as helped best i could with your questions about mine.. sorry your trip wasnt the fairytale that you were led into believing

ok im getting off here.. cause i feel like blurting it all out on how i feel. and its not a pretty picture

its kind of like going to the movies, sometimes all the best parts are in the advertisement(about two minutes out of one hundred twenty),,,its always a gamble to travel elsewhere

No No No No, my trip was fantastic, i loved it, and the people who i met where lovely, just different,

it was like a fairytalke, as everything was so pretty and white like in a dream, I had the best time and am coming back.

but I grew up in a tiny place, where there wherent heaps of people and we relied on each other for most things, so when i got to the big cities, they where a huge shock.

Not a bad shock just a shock. obviously I wouldnt walk around one as i cant even find my way around your shopping centres as they are huge.

Australian big cities are probably the same. It was just a general question.

Like last night I was looking at land around america and it had remote on them, and when i was talking to anaconda and said i would like to buy something remote, a few hours away from a town he said that towns arnt that far away from each other, where here, remote means hours away from anyting, theymight be four hours from the closest town. Over there it is half an hour, it is really hard for me to get it into my head that everything is so close. That is just one of the differences, it doesnt mean I dont like it, just that its a shock.